DEAN S MESSAGE. For the next five years, we will focus on seven strategic imperatives:

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2 DEAN S MESSAGE Much has happened at JMSB over the course of the last year. We continue to build on our traditional areas of strength in teaching, research and experiential learning and are developing new areas of expertise and excellence. Our students continue to be remarkably successful. Our undergraduate case competition teams reached the podium a record 40 times, students from our MBA with Complete CFA Integration program surpassed worldwide pass rates at all three levels of the CFA exams and one of our PhD graduates was the winner of the Governor General s Gold Medal Award. These are but some examples of the countless strides that people at the JMSB are making each day. Our new five-year strategic plan was finalized in May. It reaffirms our mission to provide an engaging learning and research environment that inspires us to go beyond the commonplace for the development of business and society while setting out our key strategic initiatives to address the changing face of business. We are guided by our values of: For the next five years, we will focus on seven strategic imperatives: These values and imperatives are re-articulated in the pages that follow and are exemplified by the activities that you will read about in this report. Thank you for making this another momentous year for JMSB. Sincerely, Steve Harvey Dean

3 VISION To set the pace for the next generation of business schools. MISSION To provide an engaging learning and research environment that inspires us to go beyond the commonplace for the development of business and society. VALUES We advance knowledge through excellence in intellectual pursuit. This is at the core of everything we do. Building on Diversity. Our success is grounded in a rich diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds and experience. Daring to Innovate. We foster intellectual curiosity and ideas that break with convention to improve on a continuing basis our teaching, research and management. We assume a leadership role in making the world a more sustainable and ethical place. Going Beyond the Classroom. We provide students with both a quality education and a memorable experience at JMSB through activities that go beyond the classroom such as our Co-op program, case competitions, community service, student-led organizations and international exchange programs. We respect the unique strengths of each individual - student, staff member, volunteer, alumnus, faculty member - and recognize their important contribution to our continued success. Contributing to the Community. The history and future of JMSB are intimately bound to the Montreal communities that it serves. JMSB has a strong tradition of community service and in return those communities contribute to JMSB s unique and vibrant organizational culture. STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES Innovating in Pedagogy and Curriculum Developing International Presence and Appeal

4 NEW PROGRAMS Innovating in Pedagogy and Curriculum Daring to Innovate. We foster intellectual curiosity and ideas that break with convention to improve on a continuing basis our teaching, research and management. executive through an innovative program that will go well beyond the mastery of traditional academic subjects. The program also includes professional/leadership coaching, a health and fitness program designed for executives, and solid links to the business community. According to the program s director, Jordan approach to developing future business leaders. What we call the complete executive is really an aspiration, and it rests on the premise that success in business doesn t occur in a vacuum and is not independent of success in other spheres of life. We also want to develop leaders who will be mindful of their impact on others and the environment, he says. We help students assess their health, interpersonal dynamics and social support systems, and explore how these areas interact and affect their overall effectiveness and happiness and that of others. Graduate Diploma in Chartered Professional This September, we will welcome our first cohort into the new Graduate Diploma in Chartered Professional Accountancy. The new program will be similar in many ways to its predecessors, with a few key differences. Accountancy has long been an area of strength for Concordia. Trevor Haygard, the program s director, believes the Department of Accountancy will offer one of the top CPA programs in the province. We have offered the Diploma in Chartered Accountancy program since the late 1970s. In that time, we trained thousands of successful chartered accountants and many of our graduates have key roles in industry, public accounting, education and other enterprises, he says. Our success rate on the final Chartered Accountants has been excellent and we expect this tradition of excellence to carry through to the new CPA program.

5 FACTS & FIGURES % 83% #3 #80 #2 Day organized by Career Management Services to help de-mystify the retail industry graduate students met with employers at Career Management in five interview/job offers attended JMSB s annual Career Fair pass rate on the CFA Level I exam pass rate on the CFA Level II exam in Canada in Canadian Business ranking of MBA programs MBA rankings % Co-op students Beta Gamma Sigma inductees return above benchmark achieved by Portfolio Management Program ADVANCEMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS $500,000 gift from CN to establish CN Centre for Studies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management $1.1 M gift from Formula Growth to Gift to support John Dobson Formula

6 RESEARCH We advance knowledge through excellence in intellectual pursuit. This is at the core of everything we do. JMSB is committed to developing a culture that inspires quality research and scholarship across a wide spectrum, and values the importance of transferring knowledge to society in all its forms. Congratulations to this year s external grant award recipients! Institutional Trading around Takeover Bodur, Onur, Cheikhrouhou, Soumaya, and visuelle et les biais qu elles induisent en termes de traitement de l information, d evaluation des alternatives et du choix des Professeurs-Chercheurs, L effet de la de Nouveaux Professeurs-Chercheurs, Formation et fonction des parternariats dans un contexte commercial dynamique,

7 Our faculty members and graduate students work in a vibrant research environment with centres dedicated to highly diverse areas of research. Through our activities, we create substantial impact on the world by making knowledge more accessible to the greater community Concordia University Distinguished Professorships Seminars, lectures and workshops hosted

8 DEAN S AWARDS WINNERS We respect the unique strengths of each individual - student, staff member, volunteer, alumnus, faculty member - and recognize their important contribution to our continued success. Satyaveer Chauhan Mid-Scholar Award Michèle Paulin Full-Time Undergraduate Award Mary Laliotis Staff Award JMSB STAIRWELL ART GALLERY We assume a leadership role in making the world a more sustainable and ethical place. In February, the David O Brien Centre for launched Be Moved By Art, an initiative to encourage fitness among the building s occupants by decorating some of its unheralded corners. People will be inspired to walk up or down so they can discover and explore the works that await them. They can actually walk their way towards a healthier, more sustainable and creative life.

9 STUDENT-RUN CONFERENCES AND COMPETITIONS Developing International Presence and Appeal 33 rd Annual John Molson MBA International Case Competition 6 th Annual John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition 3 rd Annual Van Berkom JMSB Small Cap Case Competition Case Competition co-hosted with students Computer Science 18 th Annual John Molson Sports Business Conference 4 th CASE COMPETITIONS Going Beyond the Classroom. We provide students with both a quality education and a memorable experience at JMSB through activities that go beyond the classroom such as our Co-op program, case competitions, community service, student-led organizations and international exchange programs. was a winner of Odgers competition. She spent a day shadowing Videotron s president Governor General s Gold Medal Business Administration JMSB student Alexandre Bilodeau wins gold in Sochi Hundreds of Concordians turned up on March 7 to congratulate Alexandre Bilodeau a recordingbreaking Olympian and JMSB accounting undergraduate. Bilodeau won the gold medal in men s moguls at the Olympic athlete in history to defend a gold medal in freestyle skiing. 73 academic teams 159 delegates 62 coaches 30 competitions 41 events 40 podiums The special homecoming reception took place in the atrium of the John Molson School of Business.

10 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Contributing to the Community. The history and future of JMSB are intimately bound to the Montreal communities that it serves. JMSB has a strong tradition of community service and in return those communities contribute to JMSB s unique and vibrant organizational culture. $18,840 raised for 5 Days for the Homeless Over 600 toys collected through the JMSB Toy Drive $10,736 raised by JMSB for the annual Pedal 150 participants participated in the Tour de l Ile to raise money for the Colors of Concordia Cultural Initiative Fund expanded its activities and its international reach by offering a wide range of public seminars and customized training programs to clients from across the globe, including a first-of-its-kind certificate in big data analytics.

11 DEAN S ADVISORY BOARD Building on Diversity: Our success is grounded in a rich diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds and experience. Corporate Members / Membres externes Laval Group Partner, MNP LLP Nominating Committee, July 1, 2012 to June 30, John Molson School of Business Members / membres Graduate Programs Undergraduate Programs Concordia University Concordia University

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